Food in Singapore!!

After years since the last time I went to Singapore for my cousin sis' wedding, I realise that the food in Singapore is not bad after all. Initially, I was wondering what to eat in Singapore. My impression was, the nice food are all from the restaurants expensive food.

On our first day there in Singapore, my uncle brought us to a near by Chicken rice stall in Braddell. Of course, I would say the taste was so so, but edible. Next for dinner, I ate a nasi lemak ayam for SD2. Consider cheap rite, considering the nasi lemak ayam that I had back in Seapark was RM4.50. Too bad, I forgot to take a snap shot of the nasi lemak. The rice was green in colour and very aromatic. A different kind of taste with the nasi lemak we had in KL.

On our 2nd day there in Singapore, we manage to try out the McD there. Got to try the McSpicy. Better than KFC Zinger burger. It was freshly out from the kitchen, there's gravy flowing out from the burger meat. Yum yum!!! Most importantly, it's spicy enough. Take a look at the tempting picture of the burger!!


For dinner, we managed to get a good recommendation from Irene. Thanks Irene for the nice ramen. We had our dinner at Marutama Ramen, situated at Central Point Level 3. The restaurant only serves very few dishes and ramen. We tried a spicy ramen, which I've forgotten the name actually. Not red right, like what normal spicy food should be. . Don't be tricked by it's look. It's actually spicy.


Another food that I found it quite special in a way. It's the Singapore Carrot Cake what we call as "lou bo kau". We call that "char koay kak" in Penang. But the one we had in Singapore was totally different. It was cooked like our fried osyster. There's a layer of flour and egg sticking the carrot cake together. There are some spring onion as well to make even more aromatic. Delicious!! Sorry don't have the pic. I was too busy eating it.

Well,to make a comparison,in fact the cost of living in Singapore in terms of the food and clothing, it's much cheaper there. Didn't realise all of this till now.

Down the memory lane.....

Wow!! That's the word I'm going to use to describe our U6S1 gathering yesterday at Old Town (E-gate). In fact, we had chosen Old Town not because the food is nice but because it's cheap. Wish we were at Starbuck instead. HAHA!! It has been such a long time since the we had BBQ at CC's hse and she kena bomb by fireworks. Sorry CC for recalling your bad memory.

As usual, ermm...it's actually a bit embarassing to say this. But this was not the first time. We actually managed to chase away a family of four to another table. They were sitting behind our table initially. I guessed they couldn't stand the noise we were making with our laughters and all. :)

Anyway we had a great time recalling all the silly things we did back in Form 6. Recalled again the event where OYY came to the class and said "Don't think I cannot smell it". Guess what? We were actually eating "keropok pedas" in the class. Lucky for the people sitting in the blue Proton Saga, they missed the big show!! We got a good real scolding from OYY. And of course, as usual, I was the chicken. The next day, CL said that I told them to be good girls and don't eat in the class anymore. Hmm...can't even recall I said that.

Next event, showing again how chicken I was that time. I would say thanks to the people of Blue Proton Saga for the trick. They actually wrote a warning letter and left it on my car when I was doing my librarian duty. And I would say, with my character of good student at that time, I was scared of the demerit I was going to get. The note actually reads something like that "Please do not park your car at the prohibited place. Please come and find me for ...." Ok, I could not really remember what the content of the note was. But if did mention that I had to go and find someone. But the problem was that there's no name written on the note. And silly me, worried for weeks, for nothing. Must give a big applause to the 5 ppl of Blue Proton Saga for putting up such a good show. Can't believe that I was tricked into believing them. KN said she remember me asking them why they don't get the note when they were parking at the same place as I do....Thinking back....Must admit I'm a bit chickent. HAHA!!!

Well, the night ends well. Was able to catched up with Mei Ying ,Wooinie, You Chin and Phaik Har. So glad to see them all. Hope to have another gathering soon during the CNY. For those who were unable to make it, next time don't ppk us anymore la....

When I'm back in PENANG!!!

I've always love Penang. Firstly it's because of the food, and all my best friends here!! Yeah!!

The minute I came back to Penang, I've started to ask people going out for FOOD!!
Can't believe it, suppose to reduce food intake, but I couldn't resist the temptation. On Sunday morning, supposingly to go on a Breakfast race. First station was Lrg Seratus Tahun curry mee. To my disappointment, the shop was closed because there's a wedding going on.

So next we went to eat banana pancake in Sim Kim San Coffee Shop (Macalister Road, corner shop). She have range from RM3-8 per plate and we decided to order the RM5 one cos there's three of us. Oops...Don't think I've the picture of the food only, guess got to put this down.



Yummy is the word I'm going to use to describe the pancake. The outer layer was fried till it's crispy. The inner layer is soft and sweet. The sesame topping make the pancake more aromatic. Definitely should try it out.

Wel, as I said, it was suppose to be a Breakfast Race, manatau, all the shops that I wanted to go were closed. Haiz...a bit disappointed, but I'm still satisfied to be able to try the banana pancake. Got to share it with the others.

Fish & Co.

It was Soun Pinn's birthday celebration. Our initial place to eat was Zuup Soup. Unfortunately we went there a bit late so the thing that I wanted to try "Soup in Bread" was sold out. So we have to opt for another restaurant. We came across this restaurant Fish & Co. The environment looked nice and cosy and so we decided to give it a try. The business was so good that we have to wait for about 30 min or 1 hour before we were seated.


By the time we were seated, it was already around 8pm and we were starving, so without any delay, let's go to the FOOD!!

First dish, the fish and chip. The speciality of the house. I think the fish is dory fish if not mistaken. The skin was really crunchy and too taste. I would definitely recommend this.


Coming up next was the mushroom soup. Perfectly creamy. Most of the soup that i've tried was not that creamy, but i wouldn't say they are diluted. But for this, it's really thick and tasted good. Very strong mushroom taste. I like it a lot!!


Well, as usually, I would actually prefer carbonara rather than the normal bolognese spaghetti. However, this one from Fish & Co., it was not to taste. The best is still from New York Deli.


I had this for my dinner. It's Coliander Fish if not mistaken. The fish was covered with the green stuff and it's actually mint i think. Then you're suppose to squeeze some lemon juice on it. Tasted special but i think it would be better if there's more salty taste to the fish. The rice was very aromatic something like nasi biryani to me. It's a good option rather than having chips all the times.

All in all, I spent about RM23 for that meal, sharing the soup and drink with my friend.

Meeting up with friends.....

After so many years, somehow, at this stage of my life, I started to recall all the friends that I have made from primary to secondary school. After sitting down and giving a good thought about it, I started to keep in touch with them. Thanks to Facebook and Friendster I finally found my long lost friend, Chong Shwu Fen. Wow!!I was really excited to meet up with her end of this year in Singapore.




And then, finally I managed to meet up with Jie Meng who had been my classmates, sitting next to me when we were in Standard 6. We used to be very closed, the four of us, Gaik Tin, Durgashini sitting in front of us and there's me and Jie Meng. I still remember the time where I was chosen to be a treasure if not mistaken. And at that time, I was a scary cat, not to mention now I'm still is, but improving. I remember that there's a classmate name Jeannie Tan. And at that time, she was kind of fierce. So I thought, "Shit, this means that I've to collect money from her" and the fact was, I don't want to, cause she's fierce. (Sorry Jeannie, this was just a feeling I had when we were small).

I think it's nice to actually meet up with all these all friend and reminising of what we have done. Things were really different back then in school. There's no worries, you just got to score in the exam. You played and have fun everyday. But we still have to grow old. There's much to worry. I guess it's just part of life. Well, really nice meeting with Jie Meng and catch up on things, eventhough there're often awkward pauses between the conversation. I guess it's the way when you don't keep in touch with each other for such a long time. Eventually, we just lost the common interest. Anyway, I'll make an effort to keep contacting with all of them.

Umo San a.k.a Korean Food!!

Wow!! LOoking at the pictures makes my stomach grumbles. A year after the Inje Student exchange programme, I finally get to taste Korean FOOD!! Have been drooling over it for such a long time....With anymore typing, let's have a look at the small dishes. I think most of us are aware that Korean food always come with small dishes an they really taste good! Most importantly, it's refillable.

Other than the KimChi, the other dishes tasted good!! Again, personal preference..However, heard from my Korean friends, KimChi have some medicinal benefits. So to those who really love it, eat more!!



Here's the dish of the day. I actually forgot what it's called in Korean. But, when you go for Korean BBQ this is the must try dish. Don't go for the marinated ones. Try this original taste. It's really good. You have to deep it with salt and they have this special sauce for you to compliment the meat. You got to wrap it up in a lettuce if not mistaken, and eat it in one BITE!!


Next is my favourite "odeng"!! Miss my supper i had when i was in KOrea! But i think this they don't have the spicy sauce as what they have back in Korea. However, it's still delicious with it's own original flavour. Ohya, in case for some who are not familiar with the Korean name, it's actually homemade fish cake. They don't have fishball back in Korea, only "odeng".


My goodness, now i'm feeling the hunger here. Look at how nice the "Bibimbap". It's a mixture of many vegetables with rice. They did put some spices into the rice, but I seriously don't know what it is. A must try!!!

Before mixing


AFter mixing

Coming to the final part, the amount we spend on this dinner....it's about RM20 per person. I would say, it's counted cheap for such an authentic Korean Food.

Post Exam!!!

Finally, after suffering for 3 weeks, today was the last paper!!! Previously, I was totally not in the mood of studying at all. The only thing that I could think about is where I'm going to enjoy after the exam. Then Sushi Tei initially came into my mind. However, after discussing with my roommate we thought "Hey, Sushi Zenmai is not bad too...We should go try it out"...

So here we are at Sushi Zenmai. I thought that there wouldn't be a lot of people since it's a Tuesday. However, the minute we reached, there was already a long queue of people waiting to be seated. So I guess, we had to wait after all eventhough my stomach was telling me "Hey give me food!! I'm damn hungry now". While waiting for our turns, I actually went to Jaya Jusco to buy my toothpaste....the story behind it? Let's talk about it in another post. Hehe!!

In Jaya Jusco, I was so tempted to buy something to eat...the kimbap...the sponge cheesecake... Stop TEMPTING me!!

I would say I did have the discipline... I managed to leave my stomach blank and waiting for the nice food from Sushi Zenmai...The most important part have finally reach...And here...Look at the menu...

Actually Angela did recommend Sushi Zenmai. And i had wanted to go there for quite a long time already..But some how...too many nice food for me to try..Haha!!

Here goes our first House's Special!! Haiya...Too busy eating that i forgot to take down the name...Anyway, inside it is soft shell crab...The dish I liked the most!!

Next we had the carol roll...which is actually a salmon with cucumber...The appearance looks nice and appetizing, however the taste was just normal. Nothing extraordinary.


Don't want to "cakap banyak" anymore...Lets look at the lovely pics of the food!!
Well, I would seriously recommend the sushi, but not the noodles and bento...They are just so so only. Price is moderate, all in all, we ate at about RM22, five ppl sharing and look at all the food that we have eaten!!







This is definitely delicious!!! I think it's Japanese Pizza. (Referring to the pic above)


This is tasted good too!! It's avocado on top and the filling is prawn tempura.

New York New York Deli

I think I'm going to firstly introduced this restaurant to all since I owe it to the manager for treating me an ice-cream pancake. Don't get me wrong...I'm not that easily being bribed. But honestly...this restaurant have it's own specialty and i think the environment is cosy...It's a place for those who likes American food!!


Have a look at this part of the restaurant...somehow i really like this corner...HAHA!!!

It's actually the 2nd franchise in Malaysia.. The first is in One Borneo. It's a Singapore company and they actually have 14 franchise in Singapore. Most IMPORTANT....they do serve pork in Singapore!!! I'm going to try it out in Singapore end of this year....

Let's go on to the first dish that I would really recommend...the carbonara....

I really love the creamy taste of it...I think it's one of the best carbonara I've tasted. It's a must try for those who like pasta!!^^

Next...I did ordered the cold crab which was had a unique taste. It comes with a spicy mayo and butter dips. I tot it was only the crab meat. Din expect they gave me this...

Ta Da!!!

For lazy people like me...I think I won't be ordering it again....cos you have to peel of the shells yourself.

Up next is....er....Shit, sorry guys...Can't remember the name. But it's just the typical American food with cheese and hotdogs. Erm...personal preference, I don't really like it. Actually in terms of the taste, it's good, but I just thought that it's too ordinary.


Another recommended food. Really sorry, forgot about the name already. Too long ago. I was too busy with other stuff that only at this time when my parents are away that i'm free to update. Anyway the taste is really good. The brown sauce compliments the chicken well!!


And of course, my favourite dessert!!! Peach pancake!! The peach is really fresh and sweet...Tasted like the one i ever had in China when i was there in 1996. Walau!! Very long time ago and the taste of it still lingers in my head.


There were other dishes that we had tried on that day since there's so many of us. I think about 13 people. I definitely recommend this shop for the carbonara. The best and my favourite. Looking forward to try some pork dishes in their restaurant in Singapore!!

Regarding the price....sorry I don't know. Cos it's a treat from my friends!! Thanks a lof for the treat guys and girls!!!

My First Blog....

Well....in actual truth, this wasn't the first blog I actually wrote...I had previously tried out in Friendster. But Facebook eventually comes in...and I have totally forgotten that I owned a Friendster account.

I guess I've never thought of writing a blog like this, but thanks to Jian Ming!! She inspires me to start writing this blog. I like the food blog (cokeworldcitizen.blogspot.com) that she's been writing for awhile now. So I tot...y not give it a try...I love eating and i think we should share good stuff with all, like what Cheng Lit and the rest of U6S1 ppl says "Sharing is Caring"

I hope that this blog will be a guide to those ppl who like to try out new food and exploring new stuff...

HAPPY READing!!!